The horrified son found his dad bound and beaten in his bedroom after the gang burst into his detached house in as he was drifting off to sleep

A son has described how he found his 77-year-old father tied up and bloodied on the bed after being tortured by thugs in a house raid. This is a file picture

A son has described how he found his 77-year-old father tied up and bloodied on the bed after being tortured by thugs in a house raid.

The 39-year-old found his dad bound and beaten in his bedroom after the gang burst into his detached house in as he was drifting off to sleep.

The son, who did not want his family to be named, told the Manchester Evening News : “He thought he was going to die. They said they were going to kill him.

“He is still very distressed. He is just bewildered. He doesn’t know whether he is coming or going.”

The four men pinned the great-grandfather down during the horror raid on Sunday night in Bramhall, near Manchester, tying and gagging him with duct tape before smothering him with a pillow while they demanded cashy.

Police hunt thugs who tied up and beat 77-year-old so viciously he lost his teeth

They then punched him in the face and beat his body with a crowbar for nearly an hour as they tore through the detached house looking for valuables.

They eventually fled - taking just £40 - and the still-bound victim managed to make a frantic phone call to his son, who rushed over from his own house a few streets away.

His son said: “He had managed to get his ankles out of the duct tape but when I got there his hands were still bound together and there was blood pouring out of his face.

“I can’t put into words the shock of it. That will stay with me for the rest of my life.”

The victim’s cheekbone was fractured all the way to his jaw and he lost three teeth in the brutal assault. He also suffered bleeding behind his eye as well as cuts and bruises across his face and body.

His injuries were so appalling that one of his other two sons was treated for shock.

The victim, a businessman, spent a night in hospital and is now staying at his son’s house with his wife - who was not at home at the time of the burglary - while he recovers.

The son said: “My dad was just glad my mum wasn’t there. We don’t know what could have happened.”

Appealing for help to catch his dad’s cowardly attackers, the son said: “If anyone knows something about it they need to find it in their conscience to do the right thing.

“My father got a battering, and in the worst circumstances anyone could imagine, but whoever it was might do it again and someone else might not be so fortunate.

“I just want to know if these people actually know the extent of what they were doing because it’s horrific.”

Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened on Bramhall Lane South, near the junction with Midland Road, at about 10.30pm on Sunday.

One of the gang was tall and was wearing a white balaclava or face mask and a green jacket.

Another was a shorter, mixed race man with a thin moustache. He was also wearing a balaclava.

Det Con Joseph Trippett said: “The fact these men were willing to subject this vulnerable old man to such horrific treatment for the sake of just £40 demonstrates how important it is that we bring them to justice.

“If you saw anything that may assist our enquiries, particularly if it is a physical description of the offenders, or have any information as to the identity of the men involved please contact police.”

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.